Recognize the meaning & advantage of

SMEs & NOT only SSI

1st. How can our Indian tiny & small units - SSI compete with the so called Small
Businesses or SMEs of the developed and developing countries? Only decontrol and freedom will help. For SMEs in USA see www.sba.gov. For Europe see www.smallbusinessurope.org or www.esba-europe.org. For Germany see www.ifm-bonn.org. For Japan see www.sme.ne.jp. For Pakistan see www.smeda.org. For details visit our site at www.wakeupcall.org.

2nd. 99.7% of all enterprises in the world are SMEs and balance 0.30%, are Large! 3rd. SSIs are ONLY 7% of GDP, while SMEs are nearly 90% of the GDP of India! 4th. Reservation for SSI Doing more harm than good!. The size of a manufacturing unit
cannot be decided by some official in New Delhi. It is decided by International market forces and by the cutting edge technology and processes, which would be required to produce the product with the best quality and lowest cost, to be able to make it world class.
A case in point is the Mini-Steel Plants where thousands of crores of Indian tax payers money was invested in about 100 mini steel plants! Most of the organizations became sick and bankrupt. In todays context a steel plant should be of 5 to 10 million tons capacity per year. Such a unit will produce low cost steel to world class quality and cost, which could trigger off many down stream units, using this low cost & high quality steel as a raw material.

A large number of units would be keen to start world class manufacturing units, for the domestic markets, but are forced to follow these guidelines, which are very restrictive in nature. Indian organizations must be allowed the freedom to have a level playing field as their counterparts and competitors in other countries of the world. SSI (small scale industry) is only a part of SME!

5th. Break-up of different sectors. If you see the Small Business Size Standards of USA, one
will notice that there are nearly 1100 sub groups of businesses in major groups of:Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining, Construction, Manufacturing, Wholesale Trade, Retail Trade, Transportation, Information, Finance* & Insurance*, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing, Professional, Scientific & Technical Services, Management of Companies & Enterprises, Administrative Support, Waste Management & Remediation Services, Educational services, Health Care & Social services, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services and Other Services. See www.sba.gov/size for details. On the basis of turnover (up to $30 million) or number of employees (up to 1500) or

capital employed* (assets up to $150 million).

6th. Not recognizing that Enterprises means all types of business and not only Industry!
In USA, Europe, Japan and most countries of the world, SMEs account for nearly 80% of economic activity and employment. Kindly see Definition of SMEs and GDP analysis of the Indian Economy, in the 36 page Transforming INDIA booklet. In India, sadly, this fact is also here but it is NOT recognized. For example banks will lend to an Industry but not so easily to a firm in trading, agriculture, construction, services or non-industrial activity. Why?

7th. SMEs In USA, Japan, Taiwan, Europe, S.E. Asia, Brazil, China, etc., means enterprises
with about Rs. 150 to Rs. 250 Crores turnover and about Rs. 80 to 100 Crores investment. SMEs are the Dynamic Sector of any Nation. SSIs are only a small part of SME!
Krishan Khanna Chairman & Founder 14th of June 2005

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